Service-holder for carrying dishes



H. ZOIA.

SERVICE HOLDER FOR CARRYING DISHES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-27, I920.

1,369,999, Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

INVENTOR,

M7 8% 41W 7 ATTORNEY I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.nncron zora, or. WQARRENSV'ILLE, 01110.

SERVICE-HOLDER FOR CAFRYING DISHES.

Application filed' September 27, 1920. Serial No. 413,058. I

*e'rs for Carrying Dishes, of which the folport another dish at the top. A further advantage of the present device is that a numlowing is a specification.

This invention relatesto devices used for carrying dishes containing food, and particularly adapted for use in hotels and other places where a number of dishes containing orders have to be carried at the same time. The present device an improvement on the device for the same purpose shown inmy U. S. Patent #1330568 dated February 10, 1920.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved and simplified structure which may be applied to one dish in such manner that it cannot easily become dislodged therefrom, and which will supber thereof can be nested together so as to occupy little'space.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying-drawings in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of the devicefapplied to a. plate. Fig. '2'is a topview thereof. Fig. 3-

is a sectional view showing how the devlces' are nested.

In the'patent above referred thesshell consisted of two sections. hinged together. In the present device; however, the shell is preferably made in one piece, consisting of an annulus indicated .at 6, of sufiicient width so that it will be high enough to hold an upperplate above the lower plate This may be stamped or pressed from sheet metal,

and the wall of: the shell is inclined ortapered to a frusto-conical outline, so that one of the devices may, he fitted-within the other, as shown in Fig 3.

The shell is provided at its lower edge with an outwardly curved lipor flange 7 which whenthe device is in use will engage over the edge of a plate 5,as shown in "Fig. 1. This prevents the device from slipping off, and is somewhat more certain than the '..rubber "device pose in my former patent. At the top the edge of the shell is bent inwardly and curved to form a channel extending around within the rim, and in said channel is placed a rubberring S the top of which projects above the upper edge of the shell. The upper plate may be seated on this ring and the base of the plate will fit within the ring and will thereby be held against accidental displacement. And so several more provided for that pur-- Specification ofvLetters Patent. Patented M3131, 1921.

dishes may be. piled one upon the other, and i in which case the contents ofthe dishes Will not be contacted by the successive plates, as the latter will be spaced apart by the shells, in themanner disclosed in :my former patent. The nesting feature shown in Fig. 3 is very convenient for storing the devices,- and they can easily be picked up when needed. The

cheapness and simplicity of structure are obvious and it has numerous practical advantages, as will be apparent to waiters and others familiar with handling dishes.

' I claim: p

'1. A dish holder comprising an annular shell 0 en at the top, the upper edge of the shell eing provided with an lnwardly curved channel, and a ring seated in said clliannel to engage the base of an upper ate. p 2. A dish holder comprising a frusto-co-nical annular shell provided at its lower edge with a depending flange adapted to engage the rim of a lower plate, and providing its upper edge with a friction ring adapted to "support ail upper plate.- I f In testimony whereof, I edit: my in presence of two witnesses:

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